I'm curious about people. That's what I've always done since I've been a small boy. I'm curious about others.
To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.
Happiness. . . consists in giving, and in serving others.
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.
Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.
I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth.
All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer.
Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.
I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.